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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-disease-control-scotland-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/158",
  "legislation_title": "The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/products-of-animal-origin-disease-control-scotland-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation: general",
  "text": "In this Order–\n“the Act” means the Animal Heath Act 1981;\n“disease legislation” means any of the legislation listed in Schedule 1;\n“domestic market” is the market for the sale of poultry meat in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland;\n“establishment” means a slaughterhouse or a game handling establishment;\n“game handling establishment” means an establishment where the preparation of wild game carcases takes place;\n“meat” means any part of the carcase of any animal or poultry intended for human consumption, and includes a product resulting from the processing of meat from that animal or poultry or a product resulting from the further processing of such processed meat product;\n“occupier” means, in relation to any premises or establishment, the person in charge of those premises or that establishment;\n“premises” means any land, building, plant or place in business use, other than a slaughterhouse or game handling establishment;\n“Regulation No. 853/2004” means Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin\n...\n“seropositive pig” means a pig that is not a restricted animal but is required by the Scottish Ministers to be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse due to antibodies against swine vesicular disease virus being identified in that pig;\n“seropositive pigmeat” is meat derived from a seropositive pig other than–\n(a)restricted meat; and\n(b)meat treated in accordance with Schedule 2 at a designated treatment centre;\n“slaughter” means killing for the production of food for human consumption but does not include killing wild game;\n“slaughterhouse” means an establishment where the slaughter and dressing of any animal or poultry takes place;\n“supply” means supply to the final consumer or to a person who then supplies to the final consumer and includes consignment for sale;\n“treatment centre” means premises designated under article 6 for the purpose of subjecting meat to a treatment listed in Schedule 2;\n“vehicle” includes–\n(a)a trailer, semi trailer or other thing designed or adapted to be towed by another vehicle;\n(b)a detachable part of any vehicle;\n(c)a container or other structure designed or adapted to be carried on a vehicle; and\n“wild game” means a wild animal or bird which is hunted for human consumption.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (25.5.2009) by The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/174), arts. 1, 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (28.3.2019) by The Animal Health (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/71), regs. 1(1)(a), 9(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (25.5.2009) by virtue of The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/174), arts. 1, 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (25.5.2009) by The Products of Animal Origin (Disease Control) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/174), arts. 1, 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/158/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:23.944138+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}